On the Impact of Strategy and Utility Structures on Congestion-Averse Games (2009)
Voice, Thomas, Polukarov, Maria, Byde, Andrew, Jennings, Nicholas R.
Recent results regarding games with congestion-averse utilities (or, congestion-averse games---CAGs) have shown they possess some very desirable properties. Specifically, they have pure strategy Nash...
A Generic Agent Organisation Framework For Autonomic Systems (2009)
Kota, Ramachandra, Gibbins, Nicholas, Jennings, Nicholas R
Autonomic computing is being advocated as a tool for managing large, complex computing systems. Specifically, self-organisation provides a suitable approach for developing such autonomic systems by...
Optimal Strategies for Bidding on Perfect Substitutes in Simultaneous Vickrey Auctions (2009)
Enrico H. Gerding, Rajdeep K. Dash, Nicholas R. Jennings
We derive optimal bidding strategies for a global bidder who participates in multiple, simultaneous second-price auctions with perfect substitutes. We first consider a model where all other bidders...
Generalised Fictitious Play for a Continuum of Anonymous Players (2009)
Rabinovich, Zinovi, Gerding, Enrico, Polukarov, Maria, Jennings, Nicholas R.
Recently, efficient approximation algorithms for finding Nash equilibria have been developed for the interesting class of {\it anonymous games}, where a player's utility does not depend on the...
Chris Reed, Timothy J. Norman, Nicholas R. Jennings
This paper presents a formal framework and outlines a method that autonomous agents can use to negotiate the semantics of their communication language at run-time. Such an ability is needed in open...
Ramchurn, Sarvapali D., Mezzetti, Claudio, Giovannucci, Andrea, Rodriguez, Juan A., Dash, Rajdeep K., Jennings, Nicholas R.
Vickrey-Clarke-Groves (VCG) mechanisms are often used to allocate tasks to selfish and rational agents. VCG mechanisms are incentive-compatible, direct mechanisms that are efficient (i.e. maximise...
Continuous Double Auctions with Execution Uncertainty (2009)
Van Valkenhoef, Gert, Ramchurn, Sarvapali D., Vytelingum, Perukrishnen, Jennings, Nicholas R., Verbrugge, Rinek
We propose a novel variant of the Continuous Double Auction (CDA), the Trust-based CDA (T-CDA), which we demonstrate to be robust to execution uncertainty. This is desirable in a setting where...
The Price of Democracy in Coalition Formation (2009)
Chalkiadakis, Georgios, Elkind, Edith, Polukarov, Maria, Jennings, Nicholas R.
Self-Organising Agent Organisations (2009)
Kota, Ramachandra, Gibbins, Nicholas, Jennings, Nicholas R
Self-organising multi-agent systems provide a suitable paradigm for developing autonomic computing systems that manage themselves. Towards this goal, we demonstrate a robust, decentralised approach...
Reward Shaping for Valuing Communications During Multi-Agent Coordination (2009)
Williamson, Simon A., Gerding, Enrico H., Jennings, Nicholas R.
Decentralised coordination in multi-agent systems is typically achieved using communication. However, in many cases, communication is expensive to utilise because there is limited bandwidth, it may...
Flexible Procurement of Services with Uncertain Durations (2009)
Stein, Sebastian, Gerding, Enrico, Rogers, Alex C., Larson, Kate, Jennings, Nicholas R.
Emerging service-oriented technologies allow software agents to automatically procure distributed services to complete complex tasks. However, in many application scenarios, service providers demand...
Coalition Structures in Weighted Voting Games (2009)
Edith Elkind, Georgios Chalkiadakis, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. Weighted voting games are a popular model of collaboration in multiagent systems. In such games, each agent has a weight (intuitively corresponding to resources he can contribute), and a...
Coalition Structures in Weighted Voting Games (2009)
Edith Elkind, Georgios Chalkiadakis, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. Weighted voting games are a popular model of collaboration in multiagent systems. In such games, each agent has a weight (intuitively corresponding to resources he can contribute), and a...
Ontology evolution through agent collaboration (2009)
Packer, Heather S., Gibbins, Nicholas, Jennings, Nicholas R.
We present a technique that enables a software agent to augment its ontology with domain related concepts by collaborating with other agents. The collaborating agents have their own individual...
Agent Technologies for Sensor Networks (2009)
Rogers, Alex, Corkill, Daniel D., Jennings, Nicholas R.
Wireless sensor networks are increasingly seen as a solution to the problem of performing continuous wide-area monitoring in many environmental, security, and military scenarios. The distributed...
Enrico H. Gerding, Zinovi Rabinovich, Andrew Byde, Edith Elkind, Nicholas R. Jennings
We investigate equilibrium strategies for bidding agents that participate in multiple, simultaneous second-price auctions with perfect substitutes. For this setting, previous research has shown that...
Trust in agent-based software (2009)
Sarvapali Ramchurn, Nicholas Jennings, Sarvapali D. Ramchurn, Nicholas R. Jennings
of the authors, are independent of Government and do not constitute Government policy.
Bidding Strategies for Realistic Multi-Unit Sealed-Bid Auctions (2009)
Vetsikas, Ioannis A., Jennings, Nicholas R.
When autonomous agents decide on their bidding strategies in real world auctions, they have a number of concerns that go beyond the models that are normally analyzed in traditional auction theory....
Stranders, Ruben, Farinelli, Alessandro, Rogers, Alex, Jennings, Nicholas R.
In this paper we address the problem of decentralised coordination for agents that must make coordinated decisions over continuously valued control parameters (as is required in many real world...
Flexible Selection of Heterogeneous and Unreliable Services in Large-Scale Grids (2009)
Stein, Sebastian, Payne, Terry R., Jennings, Nicholas R.
As Grids become larger and more interconnected in nature, scientists can benefit from a growing number of distributed services that may be invoked on demand to complete complex computational...
Flexible Procurement of Services with Uncertain Durations using Redundancy (2009)
Stein, Sebastian, Gerding, Enrico, Rogers, Alex, Larson, Kate, Jennings, Nicholas R.
Emerging service-oriented technologies allow software agents to automatically procure distributed services to complete complex tasks. However, in many application scenarios, service providers demand...
Archie C. Chapman, Alex Rogers, Nicholas R. Jennings
Much of the research in auction theory assumes that the auctioneer knows the distribution of participants ’ valuations with complete certainty. However, this is unrealistic. Thus, we analyse cases...
Abstract A Methodology for Agent-Oriented Analysis and Design (2008)
Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings, David Kinny
This paper presents a methodology for agent-oriented analysis and design. The methodology is general, in that it is applicable to a wide range of multi-agent systems, and comprehensive, in that it...
Monitoring, Policing and Trust for Grid-Based Virtual Organisations (2008)
Jigar Patel, Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Luck, Stuart Chalmers, Gareth Shercliff, ...
A key challenge in Grid Computing is the ability to create reliable and scalable virtual organisations (VOs) which operate in an open, dynamic and competitive environment. In response, in the...
Archie C. Chapman, Alex Rogers, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. This paper introduces a parameterisation of learning algorithms for distributed constraint optimisation problems (DCOPs). This parameterisation encompasses many algorithms developed in both...
A Hierarchical Bayesian Trust Model based on Reputation and Group Behaviour (2008)
Teacy, W. T. Luke, Jennings, Nicholas R., Rogers, Alex, Luck, Michael
In many systems, agents must rely on their peers to achieve their goals. However, when trusted to perform an action, an agent may betray that trust by not behaving as required. Agents must therefore...
Evolving Ontological Knowledge Bases through Agent Collaboration (2008)
Packer, Heather, Payne, Terry, Gibbins, Nicholas, Jennings, Nicholas R.
This paper presents initial work that will enable an agent to augment its ontology to incorporate required knowledge from other agents, in order to let it answer domain related queries....
A Hierarchical Bayesian Trust Model based on Reputation and Group Behaviour (Presentation) (2008)
Teacy, W. T. Luke, Jennings, Nicholas R., Rogers, Alex, Luck, Michael
In many systems, agents must rely on their peers to achieve their goals. However, when trusted to perform an action, an agent may betray that trust by not behaving as required. Agents must therefore...
Formal Semantics of ABN Framework (2008)
Karunatillake, Nishan C., Jennings, Nicholas R., Rahwan, Iyad, McBurney, Peter
This technical document extend upon and give formal meaning to the syntactic definitions presented in [7] and forwards the formal semantics of our argumentation-based negotiation (ABN) dialogue game...
Address for correspondence: (2008)
Pietro Panzarasa, Nicholas R. Jennings, Timothy J. Norman, Prof Nicholas, R. Jennings
1 In this paper we use agent-based computational modelling and computer simulations to examine the role and interrelationship between different selling strategies for going public. A great deal of...
Enrico H. Gerding, Rajdeep K. Dash, Nicholas R. Jennings
In this paper, we derive optimal bidding strategies for a global bidder who participates in multiple, simultaneous second-price auctions with perfect substitutes. We first consider a model where all...
Distributed constraint optimisation, potential games (2008)
Archie C. Chapman, Alex Rogers, Nicholas R. Jennings
In this paper, we consider algorithms for distributed constraint optimisation problems (DCOPs). Using a potential game characterisation of DCOPs, we decompose six distributed DCOP algorithms, taken...
Bidding Strategies for Realistic Multi-Unit Sealed-Bid Auctions (2008)
Vetsikas, Ioannis A., Jennings, Nicholas R.
When autonomous agents decide on their bidding strategies in real world auctions, they have a number of concerns that go beyond the models that are normally analyzed in traditional auction theory....
Bidding Strategies for Realistic Multi-Unit Sealed-Bid Auctions (2008)
Vetsikas, Ioannis A., Jennings, Nicholas R.
When autonomous agents decide on their bidding strategies in real world auctions, they have a number of concerns that go beyond the models that are normally analyzed in traditional auction theory....
Xudong Luo, Nicholas R. Jennings, Nigel Shadbolt
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2006b. Flexible provisioning of semantic web service workflows using a QoS ontology (2008)
Sebastian Stein, Terry R. Payne, Nicholas R. Jennings
Semantic Web services allow applications to automatically discover and provision distributed services at runtime. However, when such services are offered by autonomous providers, as is common in...
Jordi Sabater, Carles Sierra, Simon Parsons, Nicholas R. Jennings
multi-context systems to engineer executable agents
Abstract Managing commitments in multiple concurrent negotiations (2008)
Thuc Duong Nguyen, Adastral Park, Martlesham Heath, Nicholas R. Jennings
Automated negotiation by software agents is a key enabling technology for agent mediated e-commerce. To this end, this paper considers an important class of such negotiations — namely those in...
Managing Social Influences through Argumentation-Based Negotiation (2008)
Nishan C. Karunatillake, Nicholas R. Jennings, Iyad Rahwan, Sarvapali D. Ramchurn
Social influences play an important part in the actions that an individual agent may perform within a multi-agent society. However, the incomplete knowledge and the diverse and conflicting influences...
Michael J. Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
One objective of distributed artificial intelligence research is to build systems that are capable of cooperative problem solving. To this end, a number of implementationoriented models of...
Nicholas R. Jennings, A. G. Cohn, M. Fox, D. Long, M. Luck, D. T Michaelides, ...
This discussion document is part of a series of reviews of the state of the art in cognitive systems. It was prepared as background material for the Foresight Cognitive Systems Project. Series...
Ian Foster, Nicholas R. Jennings
The Grid and agent communities both develop concepts and mechanisms for open distributed systems, albeit from different perspectives. The Grid community has historically focused on “brawn”:...
Negotiation, Auctions, and Market Engineering (2008)
Henner Gimpel, Nicholas R. Jennings, Gregory E. Kersten, Axel Ockenfels, Christof Weinhardt
Abstract. Market engineering is the discipline of making markets work. It encompasses the use of legal frameworks, economic mechanisms, management science models, and information and communication...
Decentralised Control of Complex Systems (2008)
Many modern computing systems have to operate in environments that are highly interconnected, highly unpredictable, are in a constant state of flux, in which there is no centralized point of control,...
Multi-issue negotiation with deadlines (2008)
Shaheen S. Fatima, Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
This paper studies bilateral multi-issue negotiation between self-interested autonomous agents. Now, there are a number of different procedures that can be used for this process; the three main ones...
Abstract The Cooperative Problem Solving Process (2008)
Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
We present a model of cooperative problem solving that describes the process from its beginning, with some agent recognising the potential for cooperation with respect to one of its goals, through to...
Abstract A Methodology for Agent-Oriented Analysis and Design (2008)
Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings, David Kinny
This paper presents a methodology for agent-oriented analysis and design. The methodology is general, in that it is applicable to a wide range of multi-agent systems, and comprehensive, in that it...
Bar-Ilan University and (2008)
Esther David, Alex Rogers, Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael H. Rothkopf
This article considers a canonical auction protocol that forms the basis of nearly all current online auctions. Such discrete bid auctions require that the bidders submit bids at predetermined...
Evolutionary stability of behavioural types in the continuous double auction (2008)
Perukrishnen Vytelingum, Dave Cliff, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. In this paper, we investigate the effectiveness of different types of bidding behaviour for trading agents in the Continuous Double Auction (CDA). Specifically, we consider behavioural...
ABSTRACT Designing a Successful Trading Agent for Supply Chain Management (2008)
Minghua He, Alex Rogers, Xudong Luo, Nicholas R. Jennings
This paper describes the design and evaluation of Southampton-
Enrico H. Gerding, Rajdeep K. Dash, Nicholas R. Jennings
In this paper, we derive optimal bidding strategies for a global bidder who participates in multiple, simultaneous second-price auctions with perfect substitutes. We first consider a model where all...
Perukrishnen Vytelingum, Dave Cliff, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. We develop a new model to analyse the strategic behaviour of buyers and sellers in market mechanisms. In particular, we wish to understand how the different strategies they adopt affect...
Ronald Ashri, Sarvapali D. Ramchurn, Jordi Sabater, Michael Luck, Nicholas R. Jennings
Current mechanisms for evaluating the trustworthiness of an agent within an electronic marketplace depend either on using a history of interactions or on recommendations from other agents. In the...
Multi-issue negotiation with deadlines (2008)
Shaheen S. Fatima, Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
This paper studies bilateral multi-issue negotiation between self-interested autonomous agents. Now, there are a number of different procedures that can be used for this process; the three main ones...
Optimal Negotiation Strategies for Agents with Incomplete Information (2008)
S. Shaheen, Fatima Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. This paper analyzes the process of automated negotiation between two competitive agents that have firm deadlines and incomplete information about their opponent. Generally speaking, the...
Learning to Negotiate Optimally in Non-Stationary Environments (2008)
Vidya Narayanan, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. We adopt the Markov chain framework to model bilateral negotiations among agents in dynamic environments and use Bayesian learning to enable them to learn an optimal strategy in incomplete...
Robert Ghanea-hercock, E. Gelenbe, Nicholas R. Jennings, Oliver Smith, David N. Allsopp, Perukrishnen Vytelingum
The future digital battlespace will be a fast-paced and frenetic environment that stresses information communication technology systems to the limit. The challenges are most acute in the tactical and...
The ART of IAM: The Winning Strategy for the 2006 Competition (2008)
Trung Dong Huynh, Rajdeep K. Dash, Nicholas R. Jennings, Jigar Patel, Michael Luck
In many dynamic open systems, agents have to interact with one another to achieve their goals. Here, agents may be self-interested, and when trusted to perform an action for others, may betray that...
ABSTRACT Negotiating using Rewards (2008)
Sarvapali D. Ramchurn, Carles Sierra, Lluis Godo, Nicholas R. Jennings
In situations where self-interested agents interact repeatedly, it is important that they are endowed with negotiation techniques that enable them to reach agreements that are profitable in the long...
doi:10.1093/comjnl/bxm063 Hyperion—Next-Generation Battlespace Information Services (2008)
Robert Ghanea-hercock, E. Gelenbe, Nicholas R. Jennings, Oliver Smith, David N. Allsopp, Perukrishnen Vytelingum
The future digital battlespace will be a fast-paced and frenetic environment that stresses information communication technology systems to the limit. The challenges are most acute in the tactical and...
E cient Mechanisms for the Supply of Services in Multi-Agent Environments (2008)
Nir Vulkan, Nicholas R. Jennings
Auctions provide an e cient way of resolving one-to-many negotiations. This is particularly true for automated agents where delays and long communications carry negative externalities. A properly...
Negotiation and Joint Commitments in Multi-Agent Systems (2008)
Pietro Panzarasa, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. In this paper, it is argued that negotiation can be regarded as a sociocognitive process for the transformation of joint commitments in multi-agent environments. To this end, a quantified...
Timothy J. Norman, Nicholas R. Jennings
Generating states of joint commitment between
Sequential Auctions in Uncertain Information Settings (2008)
Shaheen S. Fatima, Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. This paper analyzes sequential auctions for private value objects using second-price sealed-bid rules. Now, the equilibrium bids for such auctions depend on the information uncertainty of...
Bastian Blankenburg, Rajdeep K. Dash, Sarvapali D. Ramchurn, Matthias Klusch, Nicholas R. Jennings
We define Trusted Kernel-based Coalition Formation as a novel extension to the traditional kernel-based coalition formation process which ensures agents choose the most reliable coalition partners...
E cient Mechanisms for the Supply of Services in Multi-Agent Environments Abstract (2008)
Nir Vulkan, Nicholas R. Jennings
Auctions provide an e cient way of resolving one-to-many negotiations. This is particularly true for automated agents where delays and long communications carry negative externalities. A properly...
Jordi Sabater, Carles Sierra, Simon Parsons, Nicholas R. Jennings
multi-context systems to engineer executable agents
Risk-bounded Formation of Fuzzy Coalitions among Service Agents (2008)
Bastian Blankenburg, Minghua He, Matthias Klusch, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. Cooperative autonomous agents form coalitions in order to share and combine resources and services to efficiently respond to market demands. With the variety of resources and services...
Negotiation and Joint Commitments in Multi-Agent Systems (2008)
Pietro Panzarasa, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. In this paper, it is argued that negotiation can be regarded as a sociocognitive process for the transformation of joint commitments in multi-agent environments. To this end, a quantified...
Negotiation and Joint Commitments in Multi-Agent Systems (2008)
Pietro Panzarasa, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. In this paper, it is argued that negotiation can be regarded as a sociocognitive process for the transformation of joint commitments in multi-agent environments. To this end, a quantified...
Monitoring, Policing and Trust for Grid-Based Virtual Organisations (2008)
Jigar Patel Luke, Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Luck, Stuart Chalmers, Gareth Shercliff, ...
A key challenge in Grid Computing is the ability to create reliable and scalable virtual organisations (VOs) which operate in an open, dynamic and competitive environment. In response, in the...
Argument-Based Negotiation in a Social Context (2008)
Nishan Karunatillake Nicholas, Nicholas R. Jennings
This paper focuses on the first two issues and formulates models to capture them. More specifically, we extend the basic notion of social commitment to develop a coherent schema that captures social...
Managing Social Influences through (2008)
Nishan C. Karunatillake, Nicholas R. Jennings, Iyad Rahwan, Sarvapali D. Ramchurn
Social influences play an important part in the actions that an individual agent may perform within a multi-agent society. However, the incomplete knowledge and the diverse and conflicting influences...
Managing Social Influences through (2008)
Nishan C. Karunatillake, Nicholas R. Jennings, Iyad Rahwan, Sarvapali D. Ramchurn
Social influences play an important part in the actions that an individual agent may perform within a multi-agent society. However, the incomplete knowledge and the diverse and conflicting influences...
An Adaptive Bidding Agent for Multiple English Auctions: A Neuro-Fuzzy Approach (2008)
Minghua He, Nicholas R. Jennings, Adam Prügel-bennett
This paper presents the design, implementation and evaluation of a novel bidding strategy for obtaining goods in multiple overlapping English auctions. The strategy uses fuzzy sets to express...
Flexible QoS-Based Service Selection and Provisioning in Large-Scale Grids (2008)
Stein, Sebastian, Payne, Terry R., Jennings, Nicholas R.
As Grids become larger, more open and dynamic in nature, it will inevitably become necessary to deal with service failures and mitigate uncertainty in the execution of large service workflows. To...
User Evaluation of a Market-Based Recommender System (2008)
Yan Zheng Wei, Nicholas R. Jennings, Wendy Hall
Recommender systems have been developed for a wide variety of applications (ranging from books, to holidays, to web pages). These systems have used a number of different approaches, since no one...
Flexible provisioning of web service workflows (2008)
Sebastian Stein, Terry R. Payne, Nicholas R. Jennings
Web services promise to revolutionise the way computational resources and business processes are offered and invoked in open, distributed systems, such as the Internet. These services are described...
Flexible provisioning of web service workflows (2008)
Sebastian Stein, Terry R. Payne, Nicholas R. Jennings
Web services promise to revolutionise the way computational resources and business processes are offered and invoked in open, distributed systems, such as the Internet. These services are described...
Generating States of Joint Commitment Between Autonomous Agents (2007)
Timothy J. Norman, Nicholas R. Jennings
. Autonomous agents decide for themselves, on the basis of their beliefs, goals, etc., how to act in an environment. However, it is often the case that an agent is motivated to achieve some goal,...
Abstract A Methodology for Agent-Oriented Analysis and Design (2007)
Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings, David Kinny
This paper presents a methodology for agent-oriented analysis and design. The methodology is general, in that it is applicable to a wide range of multi-agent systems, and comprehensive, in that it...
Agent-Based Formation of Virtual (2007)
Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Luck, Viet D. Dang, Thuc D. Nguyen, Vikas Deora, ...
Viet Dung Dang, Nicholas R. Jennings
coalition structures with finite bound from the optimal
University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1B J, United Kingdom. (2007)
Minghua He, Nicholas R. Jennings, Ho-fung Leung
This paper surveys and analyses the state of the art of agent-mediated electronic commerce (e-commerce), concentrating particularly on the business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B)...
Xudong Luo, Nicholas R. Jennings, Nigel Shadbolt
This paper develops a fuzzy constraint based model for bilateral multi-issue negotiation in trading environments. In particular, we are concerned with the principled negotiation approach in which...
Optimal Agendas for Multi-Issue Negotiation Shaheen Fatima (2007)
Liverpool L Zf, Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
There are two ways of handling bilateral multi-issue negotiations-- one is to negotiate all the issues together, and the other is to negotiate them one by one. The order in which issues are...
Comparing Equilibria for Game-Theoretic and Evolutionary Bargaining Models Shaheen Fatima (2007)
Liverpool L Zf, Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
Game-theoretic models of bargaining are typically based on the assumption that players have perfect rationality and that they always play an equilibrium strategy. In contrast, research in...
Comparing Equilibria for Game-Theoretic and Evolutionary Bargaining Models Shaheen Fatima (2007)
Liverpool L Zf, Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
Game-theoretic models of bargaining are typically based on the assumption that players have perfect rationality and that they always play an equilibrium strategy. In contrast, research in...
Toward automating negotiation for m-services (2007)
Shamimabi Paurobally, Phillip J. Turner, Nicholas R. Jennings
Mobile electronic commerce (m-commerce) is an emerging manifestation of internet electronic commerce that bridges the domains of Internet, mobile computing and wireless telecommunications in order to...
ABSTRACT Recommender Systems: A Market-Based Design ∗ (2007)
Yan Zheng Wei, Luc Moreau, Nicholas R. Jennings
Recommender systems have been widely advocated as a way of coping with the problem of information overload for knowledge workers. Given this, multiple recommendation methods have been developed....
Alessio R. Lomuscio, Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
A classification scheme for negotiation in electronic commerce
Alessio R. Lomuscio, Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
classification scheme for negotiation in electronic commerce
Shaheen S. Fatima, Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
This paper presents a new model for multi-issue negotiation under time constraints in an incomplete information setting. In this model the order in which issues are bargained over and agreements are...
ABSTRACT Social Influence, Negotiation and Cognition (2007)
Pietro Panzarasa, Nicholas R. Jennings
To understand how interpersonal agreements can be generated within complexly differentiated social systems, we develop an agent-based computational model of negotiation in which social influence...
1 The Organisation of Sociality: A Manifesto for a New Science of MultiAgent Systems (2007)
Pietro Panzarasa, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. In this paper, we pose and motivate a challenge, namely the need for a new science of multiagent systems. We propose that this new science should be grounded, theoretically on a richer...
Stefan Bussmann, Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Wooldridge
Abstract. This paper describes a methodology that is being developed for designing and building agent-based systems for the domain of production control. In particular, this paper deals with the...
Shaheen S. Fatima, Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
This paper presents a new model for multi-issue negotiation under time constraints in an incomplete information setting. In this model the order in which issues are bargained over and agreements are...
Prioritised Fuzzy Constraint Satisfaction Problems: Axioms, Instantiation and Validation (2007)
Xudong Luo A, Nicholas R. Jennings
This paper identifies a generic axiom framework for prioritised fuzzy constraint satisfaction problems (PFCSPs), and proposes methods to instantiate it (i.e., to construct specific schemes which obey...
Luc Moreau, Norliza Zaini, Jing Zhou, Nicholas R. Jennings, Yan Zheng, David De Roure, ...
3, Tobias Berka 3
Xudong Luo, Nicholas R. Jennings
This paper identies a generic axiom framework for prioritised fuzzy constraint satisfaction problems (PFCSPs), and proposes methods to instantiate it (i.e., to construct specic schemes which obey the...
Xudong Luo, Chengqi Zhang, Nicholas R. Jennings
This paper develops a hybrid model which provides a unied framework for the following four kinds of reasoning: 1) Zadeh's fuzzy approximate reasoning; 2) truthquali cation uncertain reasoning...
Pietro Panzarasa, Nicholas R. Jennings, Timothy J. Norman
In this paper we use agent-based computational modelling and computer simulations to examine the interrelationship between different selling strategies for going public. A great deal of recent...
Negotiation and Joint Commitments in Multi-Agent Systems (2007)
Pietro Panzarasa, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. In this paper, it is argued that negotiation can be regarded as a sociocognitive process for the transformation of joint commitments in multi-agent environments. To this end, a quantified...
Dynamic evaluation of coordination mechanisms for autonomous agents (2007)
Rachel A. Bourne, Karen Shoop, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. This paper presents a formal framework within which autonomous agents can dynamically select and apply different mechanisms to coordinate their interactions with one another. Agents use the...
Abstract The Cooperative Problem Solving Process (2007)
Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
We present a model of cooperative problem solving that describes the process from its beginning, with some agent recognising the potential for cooperation with respect to one of its goals, through to...
Franco Zambonelli, Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Wooldridge
Multi-agent systems can very naturally be viewed as computational organisations. For this reason, we believe organisational abstractions oer a promising set of metaphors and models that can be...
Nicholas R. Jennings, Xudong Luo, Nigel R. Shadbolt
In this paper, we employthe fuzzy repertory table technique to acquire the necessar domain knowledge for software agents to act as sellers and bu ers using a bilateral, multi-al,y negotiation model...
Iyad Rahwan, Sarvapali D. Ramchurn, Nicholas R. Jennings, Peter Mcburney, Simon Parsons
Negotiation is essential in settings where autonomous agents have conflicting interests and a desire to cooperate. For this reason, mechanisms in which agents exchange potential agreements according...
Amy Greenwald Brown, Nicholas R. Jennings
This article provides both types of analyses
Hyperion Next-Generation Battlespace Information Services (2007)
Ghanea-Hercock, Robert, Gelenbe, E., Jennings, Nicholas R., Smith, Oliver, Allsopp, David N., Healing, Alex, ...
The future digital battlespace will be a fast-paced and frenetic environment that stresses information communication technology systems to the limit. The challenges are most acute in the tactical and...
Sellers competing for buyers in online markets: Reserve prices, shill bids, and auction fees (2007)
Enrico H. Gerding, Alex Rogers, Rajdeep K. Dash, Nicholas R. Jennings
We consider competition between sellers offering similar items in concurrent online auctions through a mediating auction institution, where each seller must set its individual auction parameters...
Generating Bayes-Nash equilibria to design autonomous trading agents (2007)
Ioannis A. Vetsikas, Nicholas R. Jennings
This paper presents a methodology for designing trading agents for complex games. We compute, for the first time, Bayes-Nash equilibria for firstprice single-unit auctions and m th-price multi-unit...
Steven Reece, Alex Rogers, Stephen Roberts, Nicholas R. Jennings
In this paper we develop a novel probabilistic model of computational trust that explicitly deals with correlated multi-dimensional contracts. Our starting point is to consider an agent attempting to...
Provisioning heterogeneous and unreliable providers for service workflows (2007)
Sebastian Stein, Nicholas R. Jennings, Terry R. Payne
Service-oriented technologies enable software agents to dynamically discover and provision remote services for their workflows. Current work has typically assumed these services to be reliable and...
An effective strategy for the flexible provisioning of service workflows (2007)
Sebastian Stein, Terry R. Payne, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. Recent advances in service-oriented frameworks and semantic Web technologies have enabled software agents to discover and invoke resources over large distributed systems, in order to meet...
Bidding optimally in concurrent second-price auctions of perfectly substitutable goods (2007)
Enrico H. Gerding, Rajdeep K. Dash, Nicholas R. Jennings
We derive optimal bidding strategies for a global bidding agent that participates in multiple, simultaneous second-price auctions with perfect substitutes. We first consider a model where all other...
The effects of proxy bidding and minimum bid increments within eBay auctions (2007)
Alex Rogers, Esther David, Nicholas R. Jennings, Jeremy Schiff
We present a mathematical model of the eBay auction protocol and perform a detailed analysis of the effects that the eBay proxy bidding system and the minimum bid increment have on the auction...
Market-based task allocation mechanisms for limited capacity suppliers (2007)
Rajdeep K. Dash, Perukrishnen Vytelingum, Alex Rogers, Esther David, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract — This paper reports on the design and comparison of two economically-inspired mechanisms for task allocation in environments where sellers have finite production capacities and a cost...
Near-optimal anytime coalition structure generation (2007)
Talal Rahwan, Sarvapali D. Ramchurn, Viet Dung Dang, Nicholas R. Jennings
Forming effective coalitions is a major research challenge in the field of multi-agent systems. Central to this endeavour is the problem of determining the best set of agents that should participate...
Market-based task allocation mechanisms for limited capacity suppliers (2007)
Rajdeep K. Dash, Perukrishnen Vytelingum, Alex Rogers, Esther David, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract—This paper reports on the design and comparison of two economically inspired mechanisms for task allocation in environments where sellers have finite production capacities and a cost...
Near-optimal anytime coalition structure generation (2007)
Talal Rahwan, Sarvapali D. Ramchurn, Viet Dung Dang, Nicholas R. Jennings
Forming effective coalitions is a major research challenge in the field of multi-agent systems. Central to this endeavour is the problem of determining the best set of agents that should participate...
Generating Bayes-Nash equilibria to design autonomous trading agents (2007)
Ioannis A. Vetsikas, Nicholas R. Jennings
This paper presents a methodology for designing trading agents for complex games. We compute, for the first time, Bayes-Nash equilibria for firstprice single-unit auctions and m th-price multi-unit...
Sellers competing for buyers in online markets: Reserve prices, shill bids, and auction fees (2007)
Enrico H. Gerding, Alex Rogers, Rajdeep K. Dash, Nicholas R. Jennings
We consider competition between sellers offering similar items in concurrent online auctions through a mediating auction institution, where each seller must set its individual auction parameters...
Near-optimal anytime coalition structure generation (2007)
Talal Rahwan, Sarvapali D. Ramchurn, Viet Dung Dang, Nicholas R. Jennings
Forming effective coalitions is a major research challenge in the field of multi-agent systems. Central to this endeavour is the problem of determining the best set of agents that should participate...
Sellers competing for buyers in online markets: Reserve prices, shill bids, and auction fees (2007)
Enrico H. Gerding, Alex Rogers, Rajdeep K. Dash, Nicholas R. Jennings
Online markets are becoming increasingly prevalent and extend to a wide variety of areas such as e-commerce, Grid computing, recommender systems, and sensor networks. To date, much of the existing...
Steven Reece, Alex Rogers, Stephen Roberts, Nicholas R. Jennings
In this paper we develop a novel probabilistic model of computational trust that explicitly deals with correlated multi-dimensional contracts. Our starting point is to consider an agent attempting to...
Anytime optimal coalition structure generation (2007)
Talal Rahwan, Sarvapali D. Ramchurn, Viet Dung Dang, Andrea Giovannucci, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. Forming effective coalitions is a major research challenge in the field of multi-agent systems. Central to this endeavour is the problem of determining the best groups of agents to select...
Optimal Bidding Strategies for Simultaneous Vickrey Auctions with Perfect Substitutes (2007)
Gerding, Enrico H., Dash, Rajdeep K., Yuen, David C. K., Jennings, Nicholas R.
We derive optimal bidding strategies for a global bidder who participates in multiple, simultaneous second-price auctions with perfect substitutes. We prove that, if everyone else bids locally in a...
Sellers Competing for Buyers in Online Markets (2007)
Gerding, Enrico H., Rogers, Alex, Dash, Rajdeep K., Jennings, Nicholas R.
We consider competition between sellers offering similar items in concurrent online auctions, where each seller must set its individual auction parameters (such as the reserve price) in such a way as...
06461 Executive Summary -- Negotiation and Market Engineering (2007)
Jennings, Nicholas R., Kersten, Gregory, Ockenfels, Axel, Weinhardt, Christof
This executive summary sketches the overall theme of the seminar held from November 12 to 17, 2006, at Schloss Dagstuhl.
06461 Abstracts Collection -- Negotiation and Market Engineering (2007)
Jennings, Nicholas R., Kersten, Gregory, Ockenfels, Axel, Weinhardt, Christof
From 12.11.06 to 17.11.06, the Dagstuhl Seminar 06461 ``Negotiation and Market Engineering'' was held in the International Conference and Research Center (IBFI), Schloss Dagstuhl. During the seminar,...
An advanced bidding agent for advertisement selection on public displays (2007)
Alex Rogers, Esther David, Terry R. Payne, Nicholas R. Jennings
In this paper we present an advanced bidding agent that participates in first-price sealed bid auctions to allocate advertising space on BluScreen – an experimental public advertisement system that...
Auction mechanisms for efficient advertisement selection on public displays (2006)
Terry Payne, Ester David, Nicholas R. Jennings, Matthew Sharifi
Abstract. Public electronic displays can be used as an advertising medium when space is a scarce resource, and it is desirable to expose many adverts to as wide an audience as possible. Although the...
Negotiating using rewards (2006)
Sarvapali D. Ramchurn, Carles Sierra, Lluís Godo, Nicholas R. Jennings
Negotiation is a fundamental interaction mechanism in multi-agent systems because it allows self-interested agents to come to mutually beneficial agreements and partition resources efficiently and...
First International Workshop on Agent Technology for Disaster Management (2006)
Nicholas R. Jennings, Milind Tambe, Toru Ishida, Sarvapali D. Ramchurn
In the light of recent events throughout the world, ranging from natural disasters such as the Asian Tsunami and hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, to the man-made disasters such as the 7/7 terrorist...
TRAVOS: Trust and reputation in the context of inaccurate information sources (2006)
Jigar Patel, Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Luck
Abstract. In many dynamic open systems, agents have to interact with one another to achieve their goals. Here, agents may be self-interested and when trusted to perform an action for another, may...
STRATUM: A Methodology for Designing Heuristic Agent Negotiation Strategies (2006)
Iyad Rahwan, Liz Sonenberg, Nicholas R. Jennings, Peter Mcburney
Automated negotiation is a powerful (and sometimes essential) means for allocating resources among self-interested autonomous software agents. A key problem in building negotiating agents is the...
Prof Dr, Nicholas R. Jennings, Yoseba Koldobika, Peña Landaburu
The deregulation of the electricity industry in many countries has created a number of marketplaces in which producers and consumers can operate in order to more effectively manage and meet their...
Xudong Luo, Nicholas R. Jennings, Nigel Shadbolt, Communicated E. Motta
A wide range of algorithms have been developed for various types of negotiating agents. In developing such algorithms the main focus has been on their efficiency and their effectiveness. However,...
A utility-based sensing and communication model for a glacial sensor network (2006)
Paritosh Padhy, Rajdeep K. Dash, Kirk Martinez, Nicholas R. Jennings
This paper reports on the development of a utility-based mechanism for managing sensing and communication in cooperative multi-sensor networks. The specific application considered is that of...
D I S S E R T a T I O N (2006)
Optimal Allocation And, Prof Dr, Nicholas R. Jennings, Yoseba Koldobika, Peña Landaburu
The deregulation of the electricity industry in many countries has created a number of marketplaces in which producers and consumers can operate in order to more effectively manage and meet their...
A spectrum of compromise aggregation operators for multi-attribute decision (2006)
Xudong Luo, Nicholas R. Jennings
making
Heuristic bidding strategies for multiple heterogeneous auctions (2006)
Andrew Byde, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. This paper investigates utility maximising bidding heuristics for agents that participate in multiple heterogeneous auctions, in which the auction format and the starting and closing times...
A heuristic bidding strategy for buying multiple goods in multiple English auctions (2006)
Minghua He, Nicholas R. Jennings, Adam Prügel-bennett
This paper presents the design, implementation, and evaluation of a novel bidding algorithm that a software agent can use to obtain multiple goods from multiple overlapping English auctions....
Overlapping coalition formation for efficient data fusion in multi-sensor networks (2006)
Viet Dung Dang, Rajdeep K. Dash, Alex Rogers, Nicholas R. Jennings
This paper develops new algorithms for coalition formation within multi-sensor networks tasked with performing widearea surveillance. Specifically, we cast this application as an instance of...
Flexible provisioning of service workflows (2006)
Sebastian Stein, Nicholas R. Jennings, Terry R. Payne
Abstract. Service-oriented computing is a promising paradigm for highly distributed and complex computer systems. In such systems, services are offered by provider agents over a computer network and...
Competing sellers in online markets: Reserve prices, shill bidding, and auction fees (2006)
Enrico H. Gerding, Alex Rogers, Rajdeep K. Dash, Nicholas R. Jennings
Partha S. Dutta, Nicholas R. Jennings, Luc Moreau
A major challenge in efficiently solving distributed resource allocation problems is to cope with the dynamic state changes that characterise such systems. An effective solution to this problem...
On efficient procedures for multi-issue negotiation (2006)
Shaheen S. Fatima, Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. This paper studies bilateral, multi-issue negotiation between self-interested agents with deadlines. There are a number of procedures for negotiating the issues and each of these gives a...
Xudong Luo, Nicholas R. Jennings, Nigel Shadbolt, Communicated E. Motta
A wide range of algorithms have been developed for various types of negotiating agents. In developing such algorithms the main focus has been on their efficiency and their effectiveness. However,...
Auction mechanisms for efficient advertisement selection on public displays (2006)
Terry Payne, Ester David, Nicholas R. Jennings, Matthew Sharifi
Public electronic displays are increasingly used to provide information such as alerts, event details, or notifications within public environments such as airports, city centres, and retail stores....
Sloman, Morris, Thomas, Martyn, Sparck-Jones, Karen, Crowcroft, Jon, Kwiatkowska, Marta, Garner, Paul, ...
Auction mechanisms for efficient advertisment selection on public display (2006)
Terry Payne, Ester David, Nicholas R. Jennings, Matthew Sharifi
Abstract. Public electronic displays can be used as an advertising medium when space is a scarce resource, and it is desirable to expose many adverts to as wide an audience as possible. Although the...
Designing and evaluating an adaptive trading agent for supply chain management applications (2005)
Minghua He, Alex Rogers, Esther David, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. This paper describes the design and evaluation of SouthamptonSCM,
Sequential auctions for objects with common and private values (2005)
Shaheen Fatima, Liverpool L Zf, Nicholas R. Jennings
Sequential auctions are an important mechanism for buying/selling multiple objects. Existing work has studied sequential auctions for objects that are exclusively either common value or private...
An analysis of sequential auctions for common and private value objects (2005)
Shaheen S. Fatima, Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. Sequential auctions are an important mechanism for buying/selling multiple objects. Now existing work in the area has studied sequential auctions for objects that are exclusively either...
The semantic grid: past, present and future (2005)
David De Roure, Nicholas R. Jennings, Nigel R. Shadbolt
Abstract—Grid computing offers significant enhancements to our capabilities for computation, information processing and collaboration, and has exciting ambitions in many fields of endeavour. In...
N.R.: A Software Framework for Automated Negotiation (2005)
Chris Preist, Nicholas R. Jennings, Claudio Bartolini, Claudio Bartolini
automated negotiation, electronic marketplaces, negotiation protocols, software framework If agents are to negotiate automatically with one another they need to follow a shared protocol. The protocol...
Cooperative Information Sharing to Improve Distributed Learning (2005)
Partha Dutta Srinandan, Partha S. Dutta, An Dasmahapatra, Steve R. Gunn, Nicholas R. Jennings, Luc Moreau
Effective coordination in partially observable MAS requires agent actions to be based on reliable estimates of nonlocal states. One way of generating such estimates is to allow the agents to share...
Agent-Based Virtual Organisations for the Grid (2005)
Jigar Patel Luke, Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Luck, Stuart Chalmers, Gareth Shercliff, ...
The ability to create reliable, scalable virtual organisations (VOs) on demand in a dynamic, open and competitive environment is one of the challenges that underlie Grid computing. In response, in...
Agent-Based Virtual Organisations for the Grid (2005)
Jigar Patel Luke, Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Luck, Nir Oren, Timothy J. Norman, ...
The ability to create reliable and scalable virtual organisations (VOs) on demand in a dynamic, open and competitive environment is one of the challenges that underlie Grid computing. In response, in...
Argument-Based Negotiation in a Social Context (2005)
Nishan Karunatillake Nicholas, Nicholas R. Jennings, Iyad Rahwan, Timothy J. Norman
Argumentation-based negotiation (ABN) provides agents with an effective means to resolve conflicts within a multi-agent society. However, to engage in such argumentative encounters the agents require...
The semantic grid: past, present and future (2005)
David De Roure, Nicholas R. Jennings, Senior Member, R. Shadbolt
Grid computing offers significant enhancements to our capabilities for computation, information processing, and collaboration, and has exciting ambitions in many fields of endeavor. In this paper, we...
An analysis of sequential auctions for common and private value objects (2005)
Shaheen S. Fatima, Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. Sequential auctions are an important mechanism for buying/selling multiple objects. Existing work has studied sequential auctions for objects that are exclusively either common value or...
Agent-based virtual organisations for the grid (2005)
Jigar Patel, Nicholas R Jennings, Michael Luck, Stuart Chalmers, Gareth Shercliff, ...
The ability to create reliable and scalable virtual organisations (VOs) on demand in a dynamic, open and competitive environment is one of the major challenges that underlie Grid computing. In...
A market-based approach to recommender systems (2005)
Yan Zheng Wei, Luc Moreau, Nicholas R. Jennings
Recommender systems have been widely advocated as a way of coping with the problem of information overload for knowledge workers. Given this, multiple recommendation methods have been developed....
Protocol engineering for web service conversations (2005)
Shamimabi Paurobally, Nicholas R. Jennings
Although web services aim to bring about seamless and effective communication in a wide variety of Internet applications, the interactions between them are currently limited to simple...
Designing and evaluating an adaptive trading agent for supply chain management applications (2005)
Minghua He, Alex Rogers, Esther David, Nicholas R. Jennings
This paper describes the design and evaluation of SouthamptonSCM, a finalist in the 2004 Trading Agent Supply Chain Management Competition (TAC SCM). In particular, we focus on the way in which our...
Scalability and robustness of a network resource allocation system using market-based agents (2005)
Nadim Haque, Nicholas R. Jennings, Luc Moreau, Nadim Haque, Nicholas R. Jennings, Luc Moreau
Abstract. In this paper, we consider issues associated with scalability and robustness in designing a market-based multi-agent system that allocates bandwidth in a communications network....
On handling inaccurate witness reports (2005)
T. Dong Huynh, Nicholas R. Jennings, Nigel R. Shadbolt
Abstract. Witness reports are a key building block for reputation systems in open multi-agent systems in which agents, that are owned by a variety of stakeholders, continuously enter and leave the...
Arguing and negotiating in the presence of social influences (2005)
Nishan C. Karunatillake, Nicholas R. Jennings, Iyad Rahwan, Timothy J. Norman
Abstract. When agents operate in a society with incomplete information and with diverse and conflicting influences, they may, in certain instances, lack the knowledge, the motivation and/or the...
Yan Zheng Wei, Luc Moreau, Nicholas R. Jennings
Recommender systems are widely used to cope with the problem of information overload and, to date, many recommendation methods have been developed. However, no one technique is best for all users in...
Resource allocation in communication networks using market-based agents (2005)
Nadim Haque, Nicholas R. Jennings, Luc Moreau
This work describes a system that allocates end-to-end bandwidth, in a switched meshed communications network. The solution makes use of market-based software agents that compete in a number of...
A framework for designing strategies for trading agents (2005)
Perukrishnen Vytelingum, Rajdeep K. Dash, Minghua He, Nicholas R. Jennings
In this paper, we present a novel multi-layered framework for designing strategies for trading agents. The objective of this work is to provide a framework that will assist strategy designers with...
Sequential auctions for objects with common and private values (2005)
Shaheen Fatima, Liverpool L Zf, Nicholas R. Jennings
Sequential auctions are an important mechanism for buying/selling multiple objects. Existing work has studied sequential auctions for objects that are exclusively either common value or private...
Arguing and negotiating in the presence of social influences (2005)
Nishan C. Karunatillake, Nicholas R. Jennings, Iyad Rahwan, Timothy J. Norman
Abstract. When agents operate in a society with incomplete information and with diverse and conflicting influences, they may, in certain instances, lack the knowledge, the motivation and/or the...
Scalability and robustness of a market-based network resource allocation system (2005)
Nadim Haque, Nicholas R. Jennings, Luc Moreau
In this paper, we consider issues related to scalability and robustness in designing a market-based multi-agent system that allocates bandwidth in a communications network. Specifically, an empirical...
Learning users’ interests by quality classification in market-based recommender systems (2005)
Yan Zheng Wei, Luc Moreau, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract—Recommender systems are widely used to cope with the problem of information overload and, to date, many recommendation methods have been developed. However, no one technique is best for...
An analysis of sequential auctions for common and private value objects (2005)
Shaheen S. Fatima, Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. Sequential auctions are an important mechanism for buying/selling multiple objects. Existing work has studied sequential auctions for objects that are exclusively either common value or...
Jigar Patel, Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Luck, Multiagent Systems
This research aims to develop a model of trust and reputation that will ensure good interactions amongst software agents in large scale open systems. The following are key drivers for our model: (1)...
N.R.: A Software Framework for Automated Negotiation (2005)
Claudio Bartolini, Chris Preist, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. If agents are to negotiate automatically with one another they must share a negotiation mechanism, specifying what possible actions each party can take at any given time, when negotiation...
Using Reinforcement Learning to Coordinate Better (2005)
This paper examines the potential and the impact of introducing learning capabilities into autonomous agents that make decisions at run-time about which mechanism to exploit in order to coordinate...
A comparative study of game theoretic and evolutionary models for software agents (2005)
Shaheen S. Fatima, Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. Most of the existing work in the study of bargaining behavior uses techniques from game theory. Game theoretic models for bargaining assume that players are perfectly rational and that this...
A probabilistic trust model for handling inaccurate reputation sources (2005)
Jigar Patel, Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Luck
Abstract. This research aims to develop a model of trust and reputation that will ensure good interactions amongst software agents in large scale open systems in particular. The following are key...
Designing and evaluating an adaptive trading agent for supply chain management applications (2005)
Minghua He, Alex Rogers, Esther David, Nicholas R. Jennings
This paper describes the design and evaluation of SouthamptonSCM, a finalist in the 2004 Trading Agent Supply Chain Management Competition (TAC SCM). In particular, we focus on the way in which our...
N.R.: A Software Framework for Automated Negotiation (2005)
Claudio Bartolini, Claudio Bartolini, Chris Preist, Chris Preist, Nicholas R. Jennings, Nicholas R. Jennings
If agents are to negotiate automatically with one another they must share a negotiation mechanism, specifying what possible actions each party can take at any given time, when negotiation terminates,...
Developing agent Web service agreements (2005)
Nicholas R. Jennings, Shamimabi Paurobally, Shamimabi Paurobally
permission of the IEEE. Such permission of the IEEE does not in any way imply IEEE endorsement of any of the University of Westminster's products or services. Internal or personal use of this...
Delivering Services by Building and Running Virtual Organisations (2005)
Duong Nguyen, Simon Thompson, Jigar Patel, Nicholas R Jennings, Mike Luck, ...
In our view, customers in the future are likely to obtain their services from coalitions of service providers. These coalitions can be described as virtual organisations (VOs); they are group of...
Agent-based virtual organisations for the grid (2005)
Jigar Patel, Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Luck, Stuart Chalmers, Gareth Shercliff, ...
The ability to create reliable, scalable virtual organisations (VOs) on demand in a dynamic, open and competitive environment is one of the challenges that underlie Grid computing. In response, in...
Optimal agendas for sequential auctions for common and private value objects (2005)
Shaheen Fatima, Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
This paper analyzes sequential auctions for objects that have both common and private values. Existing work has studied sequential auctions for objects that are either exclusively common or private...
Trust-based mechanism design (2004)
Rajdeep K. Dash, Nicholas R. Jennings, David C. Parkes
developed powerful tools for analyzing decision making in systems with multiple autonomous actors. These tools, when tailored to computational settings, provide a foundation for building multiagent...
The dynamic selection of coordination mechanisms (2004)
Abstract. This paper presents and evaluates a decision making framework that enables autonomous agents to dynamically select the mechanism they employ in order to coordinate their inter-related...
Agent-based Formation of Virtual Organisations (2004)
Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Luck, Viet D Dang, Thuc D Nguyen, Vikas Deora, ...
Virtual organisations (VOs) are composed of a number of individuals, departments or organisations each of which has a range of capabilities and resources at their disposal. These VOs are formed so...
Minimising intrusiveness in pervasive computing environments using multi-agent negotiation (2004)
Sarvapali D. Ramchurn, Benjamin Deitch, Mark K. Thompson, Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Luck
This paper highlights intrusiveness as a key issue in the field of pervasive computing environments and presents a multi-agent approach to tackling it. Specifically, we discuss how interruptions can...
Trust-based mechanism design (2004)
Rajdeep K. Dash, Nicholas R. Jennings, David C. Parkes
developed powerful tools for analyzing decision making in systems with multiple autonomous actors. These tools, when tailored to computational settings, provide a foundation for building multiagent...
Trust-based mechanism design (2004)
Rajdeep K. Dash, Nicholas R. Jennings, David C. Parkes
developed powerful tools for analyzing decision making in systems with multiple autonomous actors. These tools, when tailored to computational settings, provide a foundation for building multiagent...
A mechanism for multiple goods and interdependent valuations (2004)
Rajdeep K Dash, Alex Rogers, Nicholas R Jennings
Abstract. This paper reports on the design of an auction mechanism for allocating multiple goods when the buyers have interdependent valuations. We cast the problem as a multi-agent system consisting...
An agenda based framework for multi-issue negotiation (2004)
Shaheen S. Fatima, Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
This paper presents a new model for multi-issue negotiation under time constraints in an incomplete information setting. The issues to be bargained over can be associated with a single good/service...
Developing an integrated trust and reputation model for open multi-agent systems (2004)
Dong Huynh, Nicholas R. Jennings, Nigel R. Shadbolt
Trust and reputation are central to effective interactions in open multi-agent systems in which agents, that are owned by a variety of stakeholders, can enter and leave the system at any time. This...
Learning Users' Interests in a Market-Based Recommender System (2004)
Yan Zheng Wei, Luc Moreau, Nicholas R. Jennings
Recommender systems are widely used to cope with the problem of information overload and, consequently, many recommendation methods have been developed. However, no one technique is best for all...
FIRE: An Integrated Trust and Reputation Model for Open Multi-Agent Systems (2004)
T. Dong Huynh, Nicholas R. Jennings, Nigel R. Shadbolt
Trust and reputation are central to effective interactions in open multi-agent systems in which agents, that are owned by a variety of stakeholders, can enter and leave the system at any time. This...
A Risk-Based Bidding Strategy for Continuous Double (2004)
Auctions Perukrishnen Vytelingum, Perukrishnen Vytelingum, Rajdeep K. Dash, Esther David, Nicholas R. Jennings
We develop a novel bidding strategy that software agents can use to buy and sell goods in Continuous Double Auctions (CDAs). Our strategy involves the agent forming a bid or ask by assessing the...
Argumentation-Based Negotiation (2004)
Iyad Rahwan Sarvapali, Iyad Rahwan, Sarvapali D. Ramchurn, Nicholas R. Jennings, Peter Mcburney, Simon Parsons, ...
world (simulated) Parsons, Jennings and Logic-based, inspired by (Elvang-Gransson et al., 1993a) - Finite State Machine - Allows passing generic meta information - Agents are cooperative - Agents...
Acquiring domain knowledge for negotiating agents: A case of study (2004)
Nicholas R. Jennings, Xudong Luo, Nigel R. Shadbolt
In this paper, we employ the fuzzy repertory table technique to acquire the necessary domain knowledge for software a ents to act as sellers and buyers usin a bilateral, multi-al,g ne otiation model...
Market-Based Recommender Systems: Learning Users' Interests by Quality Classification (2004)
Yan Zheng Wei, Luc Moreau, Nicholas R. Jennings
Recommender systems are widely used to cope with the problem of information overload and, consequently, many recommendation methods have been developed. However, no one technique is best for all...
Optimal Negotiation of Multiple Issues in Incomplete Information Settings (2004)
Shaheen Fatima, Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
This paper studies bilateral multi-issue negotiation between self-interested agents. The outcome of such encounters depends on two key factors: the agenda (i.e., the set of issues under negotiation)...
Trust in Multi-Agent Systems (2004)
Sarvapali Ramchurn Dong, Dong Huynh, Nicholas R. Jennings
Trust is a fundamental concern in large-scale open distributed systems. It lies at the core of all interactions between the entities that have to operate in such uncertain and constantly changing...
An Agenda-Based Framework for Multi-Issue Negotiation (2004)
Shaheen S. Fatima, Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
This paper presents a new model for multi-issue negotiation under time constraints in an incomplete information setting. The issues to be bargained over can be associated with a single good/service...
Market-based recommender systems: Learning users’ interests by quality classification (2004)
Yan Zheng Wei, Luc Moreau, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. Recommender systems are widely used to cope with the problem of information overload and, consequently, many recommendation methods have been developed. However, no one technique is best...
Devising a trust model for multi-agent interactions using confidence and reputation (2004)
Sarvapali D. Ramchurn, Nicholas R. Jennings
In open environments in which autonomous agents can break contracts, computational models of trust have an important role to play in determining who to interact with and how interactions unfold. To...
Minimising intrusiveness in pervasive computing environments using multi-agent negotiation (2004)
Sarvapali D. Ramchurn, Benjamin Deitch, Mark K. Thompson, Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Luck
This paper highlights intrusiveness as a key issue in the field of pervasive computing environments and presents a multi-agent approach to tackling it. Specifically, we discuss how interruptions can...
An agenda based framework for multi-issue negotiation (2004)
Shaheen S. Fatima, Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
This paper presents a new model for multi-issue negotiation under time constraints in an incomplete information setting. The issues to be bargained over can be associated with a single good/service...
A Mechanism for Multiple Goods and Interdependent (2004)
Valuations Rajdeep Dash, Rajdeep K Dash, Alex Rogers, Nicholas R Jennings
This paper reports on the design of an auction mechanism for allocating multiple goods when the buyers have interdependent valuations. We cast the problem as a multi-agent system consisting of...
Nishan Karunatillake And, Nishan C. Karunatillake, Nicholas R. Jennings
Argumentation-based negotiation (ABN) is an effective means of resolving conflicts in a multi-agent society. However, it consumes both time and computational resources for agents to generate, select...
Argumentation-based negotiation (2004)
Iyad Rahwan, Sarvapali D. Ramchurn, Nicholas R. Jennings, Peter McBurney, Simon Parsons, Liz Sonenberg
Negotiation is essential in settings where autonomous agents have conflicting interests and a desire to cooperate. For this reason, mechanisms in which agents exchange potential agreements according...
Learning when and how to coordinate (2003)
This paper examines the potential and the impact of introducing learning capabilities into autonomous agents that make decisions at run-time about which mechanism to exploit in order to coordinate...
Southamptontac: An adaptive autonomous trading agent (2003)
Minghua He, Nicholas R. Jennings
Software agents are increasingly being used to represent humans in on-line auctions. Such agents have the advantages of being able to systematically monitor a wide variety of auctions and then make...
The evolution of the grid (2003)
David De Roure, Mark A. Baker, Nicholas R. Jennings
In this paper we describe the evolution of grid systems, identifying three generations: first generation systems which were the forerunners of the Grid as we recognise it today; second generation...
On agent-mediated electronic commerce (2003)
Minghua He, Nicholas R. Jennings, Ho-fung Leung
Abstract—This paper surveys and analyzes the state of the art of agent-mediated electronic commerce (e-commerce), concentrating particularly on the business-to-consumer (B2C) and...
Agent-based control systems (2003)
Nicholas R. Jennings, Stefan Bussmann
Modern control systems must meet increasingly demanding requirements stemming from the need to cope with increased uncertainty, as well as with more dynamic environments, and provide greater...
Developing a bidding agent for multiple heterogeneous auctions (2003)
Patricia Anthony, Nicholas R. Jennings
Due to the proliferation of online auctions, there is an increasing need to monitor and bid in multiple auctions in order to procure the best deal for the desired good. To this end, this paper...
Recommender systems: A market-based design (2003)
Yan Zheng Wei, Luc Moreau, Nicholas R. Jennings
Recommender systems have been widely advocated as a way of coping with the problem of information overload for knowledge workers. Given this, multiple recommendation methods have been developed....
A computational trust model for multi-agent interactions based on confidence and reputation (2003)
Sarvapali D. Ramchurn, Nicholas R. Jennings
In open environments in which autonomous agents can break contracts, computational models of trust have an important role to play in determining who to interact with and how interactions unfold. To...
N.R.: Finding interaction partners using cognition-based decision strategies (2003)
Partha Sarathi Dutta, Luc Moreau, Nicholas R. Jennings
In this paper, we develop decision making heuristics for rational agents using artefacts of cognition such as observation, learning and memory. Specifically, we extend previous research in this area...
Persuasive negotiation for autonomous agents: a rhetorical approach (2003)
Sarvapali D. Ramchurn, Nicholas R. Jennings
Persuasive negotiation occurs when autonomous agents exchange proposals that are backed up by rhetorical arguments (such as threats, rewards, or appeals). The role of such rhetorical arguments is to...
N.R.: Market-based recommendations: Design, simulation and evaluation (2003)
Yan Zheng Wei, Luc Moreau, Nicholas R. Jennings
This paper reports on the design, implementation, and evaluation of a market-based recommender system that suggests relevant documents to users. The key feature of the system is the use of market...
A fuzzy logic based bidding strategy for autonomous agents in continuous double auctions (2003)
Minghua He, Ho-fung Leung, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract | Increasingly many systems are being conceptualised, designed and implemented as marketplaces in which autonomous software entities (agents) trade services. These services can be...
The evolution of the grid (2003)
David De Roure, Mark A. Baker, Nicholas R. Jennings
In this paper we describe the evolution of grid systems, identifying three generations: first generation systems which were the forerunners of the Grid as we recognise it today; second generation...
Automating negotiation for mservices (2003)
Shamimabi Paurobally, Phillip J. Turner, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract—Mobile electronic commerce (m-commerce) is an emerging manifestation of internet electronic commerce that bridges the domains of Internet, mobile computing and wireless telecommunications...
Computational Mechanism Design : A Call to Arms (2003)
Rajdeep K. Dash, Nicholas R. Jennings, David C. Parkes
ents adopt. Against this background, we examine the field of computational-mechanism design. CMD provides an elegant mathematical framework in which to study protocols that give the agents incentive...
Market-Based Recommendations: (2003)
Design Simulation And, Yan Zheng Wei, Luc Moreau, Nicholas R. Jennings
This paper reports on the design, implementation, and evaluation of a market-based recommender system that suggests relevant documents to users. The key feature of the system is the use of market...
Developing a Bidding Agent for Multiple (2003)
Heterogeneous Auctions Patricia, Patricia Anthony, Nicholas R. Jennings
this paper reports on the development of a heuristic decision making framework that an autonomous agent can exploit to tackle the problem of bidding across multiple auctions with varying start and...
Developing Multiagent Systems: The Gaia Methodology (2003)
Franco Zambonelli, Reggio Emilia, Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Wooldridge
this article is twofold. First, we synthesize and clarify the key abstractions of agent-based computing as they pertain to agent-oriented software engineering. In particular, we argue that a...
Knowledge-Based Acquisition of Tradeoff Preferences for Negotiating Agents (2003)
Xudong Luo, Nicholas R. Jennings, Nigel Shadbolt
A wide range of algorithms have been developed for various types of automated negotiation. In developing such algorithms the main focus has been on their eciency and their eectiveness. However, this...
The semantic grid: A future e-science infrastructure (2003)
David De Roure, Nicholas R. Jennings, Nigel R. Shadbolt
e-Science offers a promising vision of how computer and communication technology can support and enhance the scientific process. It does this by enabling scientists to generate, analyse, share and...
Developing multiagent systems: The gaia methodology (2003)
Franco Zambonelli, Reggio Emilia, Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Wooldridge
Systems composed of interacting autonomous agents offer a promising software engineering approach for developing applications in complex domains. However, this multiagent system paradigm introduces a...
The semantic grid: A future e-science infrastructure (2003)
David De Roure, Nicholas R. Jennings, Nigel R. Shadbolt
e-Science offers a promising vision of how computer and communication technology can support and enhance the scientific process. It does this by enabling scientists to generate, analyse, share and...
The influence of information on negotiation equilibrium (2002)
Shaheen S. Fatima, Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. This paper studies the influence of the agents ’ information states on the negotiation equilibrium. This analysis is undertaken by examining a range of negotiation scenarios in which the...
Agent specification using multi-context systems (2002)
Simon Parsons, Nicholas R. Jennings, Jordi Sabater, Carles Sierra
jsabater,sierra¨ Abstract. In the area of agent-based computing there are many proposals for specific system architectures, and a number of proposals for general approaches to building agents. As...
Abstract Agent-based computing represents an exciting new synthesis for both Artificial Intelligence and, more generally, Computer Science. It has the potential to improve the theory and the practice...
Negotiating the semantics of agent communication languages (2002)
Chris Reed, Timothy J. Norman, Nicholas R. Jennings
This paper presents a formal framework and outlines a method that autonomous agents can use to negotiate the semantics of their communication language at run-time. Such an ability is needed in open...
Re-use of Interaction Protocols for Agent-based Control Applications (2002)
Stefan Bussmann, Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Wooldridge
Abstract. This paper presents a design method for re-using existing interaction protocols in agent-based control applications. In particular, this paper presents a general set of criteria that...
The influence of information on negotiation equilibrium (2002)
Shaheen S. Fatima, Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. This paper studies the influence of the agents ' information states on the negotiation equilibrium. This analysis is undertaken by examining a range of negotiation scenarios in which...
Architecting for reuse: A software framework for automated negotiation (2002)
Claudio Bartolini, Chris Preist, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. If agents are to negotiate automatically with one another they must share a negotiation mechanism, specifying what possible actions each party can take at any given time, when negotiation...
Re-use of Interaction Protocols for Agent-based Control Applications (2002)
Stefan Bussmann, Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Wooldridge
Abstract. This paper presents a design method for re-using existing interaction protocols in agent-based control applications. In particular, this paper presents a general set of criteria for...
A fuzzy-logic based bidding strategy for autonomous agents in continuous double auctions (2002)
Minghua He, Ho-fung Leung, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract—Increasingly, many systems are being conceptualized, designed, and implemented as marketplaces in which autonomous software entities (agents) trade services. These services can be...
Architecting for Reuse: A Software Framework (2002)
For Automated Negotiation, Claudio Bartolini, Chris Preist, Nicholas R. Jennings
If agents are to negotiate automatically with one another they must share a negotiation mechanism, specifying what possible actions each party can take at any given time, when negotiation terminates,...
The influence of information on negotiation equilibrium (2002)
Shaheen S. Fatima, Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. This paper studies the influence of the agents ’ information states on the negotiation equilibrium. This analysis is undertaken by examining a range of negotiation scenarios in which the...
Re-use of Interaction Protocols for Agent-based Control Applications (2002)
Stefan Bussmann, Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Wooldridge
Abstract. This paper presents a design method for re-using existing interaction protocols in agent-based control applications. In particular, this paper presents a general set of criteria that...
Distinguishing Social Agent Behaviours: A Formal Framework (2002)
Susanne Kalenka, Nicholas R. Jennings
A novel framework is presented that provides a formal operational description for characterising social decision making. It contributes explicit reasoning about the potential benefits of the...
Decision procedures for multiple auctions (2002)
Chris Preist, Nicholas R. Jennings, Andrew Byde, Andrew Byde
This paper presents a decision theoretic framework that an autonomous agent can use to bid effectively across multiple, simultaneous auctions. Specifically, our framework enables an agent to make...
Formalizing Collaborative Decision-making and Practical Reasoning in Multi-agent Systems (2002)
Panzarasa, Pietro, Jennings, Nicholas R., Norman, Timothy J.
In this paper, we present an abstract formal model of decision‐making in a social setting that covers all aspects of the process, from recognition of a potential for cooperation through to...
Engineering Executable Agents using Multi-context Systems (2002)
Sabater, Jordi, Sierra, Carles, Parsons, Simon, Jennings, Nicholas R.
In the area of agent‐based computing there are many proposals for specific system architectures, and a number of proposals for general approaches to building agents. As yet, however, there are...
Pietro Panzarasa, Nicholas R. Jennings, Timothy J. Norman
This paper presents a framework that captures how the social nature of agents that are situated in a multi-agent environment impacts upon their individual mental states. Roles and social...
On the identification of agents in the design of production control systems (2001)
Stefan Bussmann, Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Wooldridge
Abstract. This paper describes a methodology that is being developed for designing and building agent-based systems for the domain of production control. In particular, this paper deals with the...
Pietro Panzarasa, Nicholas R. Jennings, Timothy J. Norman
This paper presents a framework that captures how the social nature of agents that are situated in a multi-agent environment impacts upon their individual mental states.Roles and social relationships...
Formalising collaborative decision-making and practical reasoning in multi-agent systems (2001)
Pietro Panzarasa, Nicholas R. Jennings, Timothy J. Norman
Abstract. In this paper, we present an abstract formal model of decision-making in a social setting that covers all aspects of the process, from recognition of a potential for cooperation through to...
Pietro Panzarasa, Nicholas R. Jennings, Timothy J. Norman
This paper presents a framework that captures how the social nature of agents that are situated in a multi-agent environment impacts upon their individual mental states. Roles and social...
Reasoning about commitments and penalties for coordination between autonomous agents (2001)
Rachel A. Bourne, Queen Mary, Nicholas R. Jennings
This paper develops and evaluates a new decision theoretic framework in which autonomous agents can make rational choices about coordinating their actions. The framework covers the decisions that are...
Optimal Negotiation Strategies for Agents with Incomplete Information (2001)
Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. This paper analyzes the process of automated negotiation between two competitive agents that have firm deadlines and incomplete information about their opponent. Generally speaking, the...
Autonomous agents for participating in multiple on-line auctions (2001)
Patricia Anthony, Wendy Hall, Viet Dung Dang, Nicholas R. Jennings
The increasing number of online auctions poses a big challenge to e-consumers, especially to those who are actively looking for good deals. In this paper, we present the design of an autonomous agent...
The organisation of sociality: A manifesto for a new science of multiagent systems (2001)
Pietro Panzarasa, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. In this paper, we pose and motivate a challenge, namely the need for a new science of multiagent systems. We propose that this new science should be grounded, theoretically on a richer...
Pietro Panzarasa, Nicholas R. Jennings, Timothy J. Norman
This paper presents a framework that captures how the social nature of agents that are situated in a multi-agent environment impacts upon their individual mental states. Roles and social...
Building Complex Software Systems: The Case for an Agent-based Approach (2001)
Building high quality, industrial-strength software is difficult. Indeed, it has been argued that developing such software in domains like telecommunications, industrial control and business process...
On the Identification of Agents in the Design of Production Control Systems (2001)
Stefan Bussmann, Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Wooldridge
. This paper describes a methodology that is being developed for designing and building agent-based systems for the domain of production control. In particular, this paper deals with the steps that...
On the identification of agents in the design of production control systems (2001)
Stefan Bussmann, Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Wooldridge
Abstract. This paper describes a methodology that is being developed for designing and building agent-based systems for the domain of production control. In particular, this paper deals with the...
Social Influence and The Generation of Joint Mental Attitudes in Multi-Agent Systems (2001)
Pietro Panzarasa, Nicholas R. Jennings
This work examines the social structural and cognitive foundations of joint mental attitudes in complexly differentiated multi-agent systems, and incorporates insights from a variety of disciplines,...
The organisation of sociality: A manifesto for a new science of multiagent systems (2001)
Pietro Panzarasa, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. In this paper, we pose and motivate a challenge, namely the need for a new science of multiagent systems. We propose that this new science should be grounded, theoretically on a richer...
On agent-based software engineering (2000)
Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Wooldridge
Agent-oriented techniques represent an exciting new means of analysing, designing and building complex software systems. They have the potential to significantly improve current practice in software...
Agent-Oriented Software Engineering for Internet Applications (2000)
Franco Zambonelli, Nicholas R. Jennings, Andrea Omicini, Michael Wooldridge
The metaphors of autonomous agents and agent societies havethepotential to make a signi cant impact on the processes of analysis, design, and development of complex software systems on the Internet....
Agent-Oriented Software Engineering for Internet Applications (2000)
Franco Zambonelli, Nicholas R. Jennings, Andrea Omicini, Michael Wooldridge
The metaphors of autonomous agents and agent societies havethepotential to make a signi cant impact on the processes of analysis, design, and development of complex software systems on the Internet....
The Gaia Methodology for Agent-Oriented Analysis and Design (2000)
Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings, David Kinny
Abstract. This article presents Gaia: a methodology for agent-oriented analysis and design. The Gaia methodology is both general, in that it is applicable to a wide range of multi-agent systems, and...
Efficient Mechanisms for the Supply of Services in Multi-Agent Environments (2000)
Nir Vulkan, Nicholas R. Jennings
Auctions provide an efficient way of resolving one-to-many negotiations. This is particularly true for automated agents where delays and long communications carry negative externalities. A properly...
Organisational Abstractions for the Analysis and Design of Multi-Agent Systems (2000)
Franco Zambonelli Nicholas, Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Wooldridge
ions for the Analysis and Design of Multi-Agent Systems Franco Zambonelli 1 Nicholas R. Jennings 2 Michael Wooldridge 3 1 Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Ingegneria Universita di Modena e Reggio...
Agent-Oriented Software Engineering for Internet Applications (2000)
Franco Zambonelli, Nicholas R. Jennings, Andrea Omicini, Michael Wooldridge
The metaphors of autonomous agents and agent societies have the potential to make a significant impact on the processes of analysis, design, and development of complex software systems on the...
Run-Time Selection of Coordination Mechanisms in Multi-Agent Systems (2000)
Rachel A. Bourne, Nicholas R. Jennings
. This paper presents a framework that enables autonomous agents to dynamically select the mechanism they employ in order to coordinate their inter-related activities. Adopting this framework means...
The Gaia Methodology for Agent-Oriented Analysis and Design (2000)
Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings, David Kinny
. This article presents Gaia: a methodology for agent-oriented analysis and design. The Gaia methodology is both general, in that it is applicable to a wide range of multi-agent systems, and...
Variable Sociability in Agent-Based Decision Making (2000)
Lisa Hogg And, Lisa Hogg, Nicholas R. Jennings
. Multi-agent system research is concerned with the issues surrounding the performance of collections of interacting agents. A major concern, therefore, is with the design of the decision making...
Improving the Scalability of Multi-agent Systems (2000)
Phillip J. Turner, Nicholas R. Jennings
. There is an increasing demand for designers and developers to construct ever larger multi-agent systems. Such systems will be composed of hundreds or even thousands of autonomous agents. Moreover,...
Organisational Abstractions for the Analysis and Design of Multi-Agent Systems (2000)
Franco Zambonelli, Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Wooldridge
The architecture of a multi-agent system can naturally be viewed as a computational organisation. For this reason, we believe organisational abstrac-tions should play a central role in the analysis...
Variable Sociability in Agent-Based Decision Making (2000)
Lisa Hogg, Nicholas R. Jennings
. Multi-agent system research is concerned with the issues surrounding the performance of collections of interacting agents. A major concern, therefore, is with the design of the decision making...
Agent-Oriented Software Engineering (2000)
Nicholas Jennings Dept, Nicholas R. Jennings
ion: The process of defining a simplified model of the system that emphasises some of the details or properties, while suppressing others. . Organisation 1 : The process of identifying and managing...
Agent-Oriented Software Engineering (2000)
Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Wooldridge
Agent-oriented techniques represent an exciting new means of analysing, designing and building complex software systems. They have the potential to significantly improve current practice in software...
Run-time selection of coordination mechanisms in multi-agent systems (2000)
Rachel A. Bourne, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. This paper presents a framework that enables autonomous agents to dynamically select the mechanism they employ in order to coordinate their inter-related activities. Adopting this framework...
Run-time selection of coordination mechanisms in multi-agent systems (2000)
Rachel A. Bourne, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. This paper presents a framework that enables autonomous agents to dynamically select the mechanism they employ in order to coordinate their inter-related activities. Adopting this framework...
Variable sociability in agent-based decision making (1999)
Lisa Hogg, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. Multi-agent system research is concerned with the issues surrounding the performance of collections of interacting agents. A major concern, therefore, is with the design of the decision...
Modeling Sociality in the BDI Framework (1999)
Pietro Panzarasa, Timothy J. Norman, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. We present a conceptual model for how the social nature of agents impacts upon their individual mental states. Roles and social relationships provide an abstraction upon which we develop...
Variable sociability in agent-based decision making (1999)
Lisa Hogg, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. Multi-agent system research is concerned with the issues surrounding the performance of collections of interacting agents. A major concern, therefore, is with the design of the decision...
Variable sociability in agent-based decision making (1999)
Lisa Hogg, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. Multi-agent system research is concerned with the issues surrounding the performance of collections of interacting agents. A major concern, therefore, is with the design of the decision...
The Cooperative Problem-Solving Process (1999)
Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
We present a model of cooperative problem solving that describes the process from its beginning, with some agent recognizing the potential for cooperation with respect to one of its goals, through to...
Efficient Mechanisms for the Supply of Services in Multi-Agent Environments (1999)
Nir Vulkan, Nicholas R. Jennings
Auctions provide an efficient way of resolving one-to-many negotiations. This is particularly true for automated agents where delays and long communications carry negative externalities. A properly...
Efficient Mechanisms for the Supply of Services in Multi-Agent Environments (1999)
Nir Vulkan, Nicholas R. Jennings
Auctions provide an efficient way of resolving one-to-many negotiations. This is particularly true for automated agents where delays and long communications carry negative externalities. A properly...
Using Multi-Context Systems to Engineer Executable Agents (1999)
Jordi Sabater, Carles Sierra, Simon Parsons, Nicholas R. Jennings
. In the area of agent-based computing there are many proposals for specific system architectures, and a number of proposals for general approaches to building agents. As yet, however, there are...
The Cooperative Problem-Solving Process (1999)
Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
We present a model of cooperative problem solving that describes the process from its beginning, with some agent recognising the potential for cooperation with respect to one of its goals, through to...
The Cooperative Problem-Solving Process (1999)
Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
We present a model of cooperative problem solving that describes the process from its beginning, with some agent recognising the potential for cooperation with respect to one of its goals, through to...
Modeling Sociality In The BDI Framework (1999)
Pietro Panzarasa, Timothy J. Norman, Nicholas R. Jennings
. We present a conceptual model for how the social nature of agents impacts upon their individual mental states. Roles and social relationships provide an abstraction upon which we develop the notion...
Learning to be Competitive in the Market (1999)
Eugénio Oliveira, José Manuel Fonseca, José Manuel, Fonseca Nicholas, Nicholas R. Jennings
Agents that buy and sell goods or services in an electronic market need to adapt to the environment's prevailing conditions if they are to be successful. Here we propose an on-line, continuous...
Artificial Intelligence 117 (2000) 277–296 On agent-based software engineering ✩ (1999)
Agent-based computing represents an exciting new synthesis both for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and, more generally, Computer Science. It has the potential to significantly improve the theory and...
Variable sociability in agent-based decision making (1999)
Lisa Hogg, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. Multi-agent system research is concerned with the issues surrounding the performance of collections of interacting agents. A major concern, therefore, is with the design of the decision...
Agent-based Computing: Promise and Perils (1999)
Agent-based computing represents an exciting new synthesis both for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and, more generally, Computer Science. It has the potential to significantly improve the theory and...
Variable sociability in agent-based decision making (1999)
Lisa Hogg, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. Multi-agent system research is concerned with the issues surrounding the performance of collections of interacting agents. A major concern, therefore, is with the design of the decision...
Variable sociability in agent-based decision making (1999)
Lisa Hogg, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. Multi-agent system research is concerned with the issues surrounding the performance of collections of interacting agents. A major concern, therefore, is with the design of the decision...
Agent Technology : Foundations, Aplications, and Markets / N.R. Jennings, M.J. Wooldridge. (1998)
Jennings, Nicholas R. (ed.), Wooldridge, Michael J. (ed.)
Introducción a la tecnología de agentes inteligentes, el nuevo paradigma para el desarrollo de la aplicación de software. Con la la coordinación y cooperación de estos agentes se ha desarrollado...
A Roadmap of Agent Research and Development (1998)
Nicholas R. Jennings, Katia Sycara
This paper provides an overview of research and development activities in the field of autonomous agents and multi-agent systems. It aims to identify key concepts and applications, and to indicate...
A roadmap of agent research and development (1998)
Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Wooldridge
Abstract. This paper provides an overview of research and development activities in the field of autonomous agents and multi-agent systems. It aims to identify key concepts and applications, and to...
A Roadmap of Agent Research and Development (1998)
Nicholas R. Jennings, Katia Sycara
This paper provides an overview of research and development activities in the field of autonomous agents and multi-agent systems. It aims to identify key concepts and applications, and to indicate...
Pitfalls of Agent-Oriented Development (1998)
Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
While the theoretical and experimental foundations of agent-based systems are becoming increasingly well understood, comparatively little effort has been devoted to understanding the pragmatics of...
Nicholas R. Jennings Michael Wooldridge (1998)
Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Wooldridge
sked, whenever it is deemed to be appropriate (e.g., an agent may monitor news groups on the Internet and return discussions that it believes to be of interest to the user). Given this obvious...
Pitfalls of Agent-Oriented Development (1998)
Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
While the theoretical and experimental foundations of agent-based systems are becoming increasingly well understood, comparatively little effort has been devoted to understanding the pragmatics of...
A roadmap of agent research and development (1998)
Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Wooldridge
Abstract. This paper provides an overview of research and development activities in the field of autonomous agents and multi-agent systems. It aims to identify key concepts and applications, and to...
A roadmap of agent research and development (1998)
Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Wooldridge
Abstract. This paper provides an overview of research and development activities in the field of autonomous agents and multi-agent systems. It aims to identify key concepts and applications, and to...
A roadmap of agent research and development (1998)
Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Wooldridge
Abstract. This paper provides an overview of research and development activities in the field of autonomous agents and multi-agent systems. It aims to identify key concepts and applications, and to...
Towards a Theory of Cooperative Problem Solving (1996)
Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
One objective of distributed artificial intelligence research is to build systems that are capable of cooperative problem solving. To this end, a number of implementation-oriented models of...
Towards a Theory of Cooperative Problem Solving (1996)
Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
. One objective of distributed artificial intelligence research is to build systems that are capable of cooperative problem solving. To this end, a number of implementation-oriented models of...
The term “agent”, (and hence “agent based computing”, “agent based system”, “multi-agent system”), is being increasingly used within information technology to describe a broad range...
Applying Agent Technology (1995)
Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Wooldridge
The term “agent”, (and hence “agent based computing”, “agent based system”, ‘‘multi-agent system’’), is being increasingly used within information technology to describe a broad...
Agent theories, architectures, and languages: a survey (1995)
Michael J. Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
The concept of an agent has recently become important in Artificial Intelligence (AI), and its relatively youthful subfield, Distributed AI (DAI). Our aim in this paper is to point the reader at what...
Intelligent agents: Theory and practice (1995)
Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
The concept of an agent has become important in both Artificial Intelligence (AI) and mainstream computer science. Our aim in this paper is to point the reader at what we perceive to be the most...
Intelligent agents: Theory and practice (1995)
Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
The concept of an agent has become important in both Artificial Intelligence (AI) and mainstream computer science. Our aim in this paper is to point the reader at what we perceive to be the most...
This paper describes joint work which has been undertaken with a number of other people and I am happy to acknowledge their contribution. The introductory material on agents was developed jointly...
Intelligent Agents: Theory and Practice (1995)
Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
The concept of an agent has become important in both Artificial Intelligence (AI) and mainstream computer science. Our aim in this paper is to point the reader at what we perceive to be the most...
Intelligent Agents: Theory and Practice (1995)
Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
The concept of an agent has become important in both Artificial Intelligence (AI) and mainstream computer science. Our aim in this paper is to point the reader at what we perceive to be the most...
Intelligent Agents: Theory and Practice (1995)
Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
The concept of an agent has become important in both Artificial Intelligence (AI) and mainstream computer science. Our aim in this paper is to point the reader at what we perceive to be the most...
Applying Agent Technology (1995)
Nicholas R. Jennings, Michael Wooldridge
The term “agent”, (and hence “agent based computing”, “agent based system”, ‘‘multi-agent system’’), is being increasingly used within information technology to describe a broad...
Agent theories, architectures, and languages: a survey (1995)
Michael J. Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
The concept of an agent has recently become important in Artificial Intelligence (AI), and its relatively youthful subfield, Distributed AI (DAI). Our aim in this paper is to point the reader at what...
The term “agent”, (and hence “agent based computing”, “agent based system”, “multi-agent system”), is being increasingly used within information technology to describe a broad range...
Agent theories, architectures, and languages: a survey (1995)
Michael J. Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
The concept of an agent has recently become important in Artificial Intelligence (AI), and its relatively youthful subfield, Distributed AI (DAI). Our aim in this paper is to point the reader at what...
Intelligent agents: Theory and practice (1995)
Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
The concept of an agent has become important in both Artificial Intelligence (AI) and mainstream computer science. Our aim in this paper is to point the reader at what we perceive to be the most...
Intelligent agents: Theory and practice (1995)
Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
The concept of an agent has become important in both Artificial Intelligence (AI) and mainstream computer science. Our aim in this paper is to point the reader at what we perceive to be the most...
Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages: A Survey (1994)
Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
The concept of an agent has recently become important in Artificial Intelligence (AI), and its relatively youthful subfield, Distributed AI (DAI). Our aim in this paper is to point the reader at what...
Formalizing the Cooperative Problem Solving Process (1994)
Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
One objective of distributed artificial intelligence research is to build systems that are capable of cooperative problem solving. To this end, a number of implementationoriented models of...
Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages: A Survey (1994)
Michael J. Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
The concept of an agent has recently become important in Artificial Intelligence (AI), and its relatively youthful subfield, Distributed AI (DAI). Our aim in this paper is to point the reader at what...
Formalizing the Cooperative Problem Solving Process (1994)
Michael J. Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
One objective of distributed artificial intelligence research is to build systems that are capable of cooperative problem solving. To this end, a number of implementationoriented models of...
Talal Rahwan, Nicholas R. Jennings
algorithm for distributing coalitional value calculations among
Towards a Theory of Cooperative Problem Solving (1994)
Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. One objective of distributed artificial intelligence research is to build systems that are capable of cooperative problem solving. To this end, a number of implementation-oriented models of...
Towards a Theory of Cooperative Problem Solving (1994)
Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
One objective of distributed artificial intelligence research is to build systems that are capable of cooperative problem solving. To this end, a number of implementation-oriented models of...
Towards a Theory of Cooperative Problem Solving (1994)
Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
One objective of distributed artificial intelligence research is to build systems that are capable of cooperative problem solving. To this end, a number of implementation-oriented models of...
Formalizing the cooperative problem solving process (1994)
Michael J. Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
One objective of distributed artificial intelligence research is to build systems that are capable of cooperative problem solving. To this end, a number of implementationoriented models of...
Shaheen S. Fatima, Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. The Shapley value provides a unique solution to coalition games and is used to evaluate a player’s prospects of playing a game. Although it provides a unique solution, there is an element...
Shaheen S. Fatima, Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. The Shapley value provides a unique solution to coalition games and is used to evaluate a player’s prospects of playing a game. Although it provides a unique solution, there is an element...
Shaheen S. Fatima, Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract. The Shapley value provides a unique solution to coalition games and is used to evaluate a player’s prospects of playing a game. Although it provides a unique solution, there is an element...
An Agent-based Approach for Building Complex Software Systems (0000)
This article explores why agent oriented approaches are well suited for developing complex distributed systems, like in a range of telecommunication, commercial, and industrial applications. If...
An Agent-based Approach for Building Complex Software Systems
This article explores why agent oriented approaches are well suited for developing complex distributed systems, like in a range of telecommunication, commercial, and industrial applications. If...
Dash, Rajdeep K, Giovannucci, Andrea, Jennings, Nicholas R., Mezzetti, Claudio, Ramchurn, Sarvapali D., Rodriguez-Aguilar, Juan A.
Vickrey-Clarke-Groves (VCG) mechanisms are often used to allocate tasks to selfish and rational agents. VCG mechanisms are incentive-compatible, direct mechanisms that are efficient (i.e. maximise...
Learning an Opponent's Preferences to Make Effective Multi-Issue Negotiation Trade-Offs
Robert M. Coehoorn, Nicholas R. Jennings
their design objectives are increasingly being developed for a range of e-commerce applications. In this context, automated negotiation is a central concern since it is the de facto means of...